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onychia
[ oh-nik-ee-uh ]
noun
, Pathology.
- inflammation of the matrix of the nail.
onychia
/ ˌɒnɪˈkɪə /
noun
- vet science inflammation of the nails or claws of animals
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Onychia is the term applied to an infection of the soft parts around the nail or of the matrix beneath it.
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Paronychium-ia: one or more bristle-like appendages of onychia; q.v.
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The commonest form of onychia has already been referred to with whitlow.
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Tuberculous onychia is met with in children and adolescents.
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Back pressure upon the matrix from a short shoe upon a thick unresisting nail, is frequently the cause of onychia.
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